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Photos show thousands celebrating Caribbean culture at London's Notting Hill Carnival

Photos show thousands celebrating Caribbean culture at London's Notting Hill Carnival

LONDON (AP) — Revelers are parading in colorful costumes through the streets of Notting Hill, in west London, for the annual carnival which started in 1966 and is one of the largest festival celebrations of its kind in Europe celebrating Caribbean cu
Book Review: Wife digs into husband's past and finds unsettling things in 'I Become Her'

Book Review: Wife digs into husband's past and finds unsettling things in 'I Become Her'

Imogene’s first serious love affair ended when she discovered her partner was unfaithful, and this has left the insecure young woman watchful and suspicious.
Book Review: Icelandic detective stars in 'The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer'

Book Review: Icelandic detective stars in 'The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer'

When we last saw Icelandic police detective Helgi Reykdal, he was lying unconscious in a pool of blood after being bashed in the head by his violent alcoholic wife in last fall’s “Death at the Sanatorium.
Book Review: 'The Martians’ by David Baron spins a clever tale about a real craze

Book Review: 'The Martians’ by David Baron spins a clever tale about a real craze

Talk about fake news: In 1907 a New York Times banner headline declared, “There Is Life On the Planet Mars.” Upping the ante the next year, the stodgy Wall Street Journal claimed “proof” of “conscious, intelligent human life” on our red neighbor.
Book Review: Elaine Hsieh Chou dazzles in short story collection ‘Where Are You Really From’

Book Review: Elaine Hsieh Chou dazzles in short story collection ‘Where Are You Really From’

An awkward adolescent girl travels from the United States to visit her grandmother and other relatives in Taipei, where she becomes obsessed by her older girl cousin and the bizarre fantasy of cooking and eating a woman who works in the dumpling stor
Book Review: Renaissance scholar illuminates brief, transgressive life of poet Christopher Marlowe

Book Review: Renaissance scholar illuminates brief, transgressive life of poet Christopher Marlowe

The English poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe was born in 1564, the same year as his frenemy William Shakespeare. Yet unless you majored in English in college, it is quite possible you never heard of him. Except you have.
Music Review: Irish pop singer CMAT’s 'Euro-Country,' is smart, energetic, cheeky pop

Music Review: Irish pop singer CMAT’s 'Euro-Country,' is smart, energetic, cheeky pop

Seven years ago, Irish singer CMAT (born Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson) received life-changing advice from a fellow rising pop star. Charli xcx urged her to dump her boyfriend and take making music seriously. It turns out that Charli knows best.
Ukraine condemns Woody Allen for speaking at a Russian film festival

Ukraine condemns Woody Allen for speaking at a Russian film festival

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukr
Drenched and nostalgic, Oasis marks Toronto return amid sudden downpour

Drenched and nostalgic, Oasis marks Toronto return amid sudden downpour

TORONTO — When Oasis fans said they wanted to be soaked in nostalgia, this isn't exactly what they had in mind.
'Huge cultural loss': Petition to save Québécois French dubbing of 'The Simpsons'

'Huge cultural loss': Petition to save Québécois French dubbing of 'The Simpsons'

MONTREAL — The uniquely Quebec version of "The Simpsons" — dubbed in Québécois French and featuring local place names, politicians, current events and popular expressions — has come to an abrupt end, leaving fans without their beloved adaptation.
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